As Zcash development has converged around Zebra and the broader infrastructure Zcash Foundation (ZF) maintains, we have officially assumed stewardship of three core community-facing Zcash assets:
- The Zcash GitHub organization, canonical home of key repositories including librustzcash, zips, lightwalletd, and the zcashd codebase
- The z.cash website and domain
- The @Zcash handle on X
Since ZF already maintains Zebra and core protocol infrastructure, bringing these community-facing assets under the same roof simplifies coordination and ensures clear, long-term accountability. ZODL stewarded these resources well and this transition builds on that work.
ZF now manages access permissions and repository governance for the Zcash GitHub organization. This aligns with ZF’s existing role as stewards of the Zcash protocol, providing leadership and supporting its continued maintenance and improvement.
The framework remains the same:
- Open Access. Existing GitHub contributors retain their access. The repositories remain open source, and pull requests, issues, and discussions remain open to everyone.
- Licensing. All repositories maintain their existing open-source licenses.
- Collaborative Development. ZODL, Shielded Labs, ZF, other organizations and independent contributors continue their work.
For administration of z.cash and @Zcash, ZF is partnering with ZecHub under a multi-year grant. ZecHub has been one of the most consistent community contributors in the ecosystem — producing educational content, documentation, and onboarding resources that serve users across every corner of the Zcash world. Entrusting ZecHub with day-to-day management of these properties means Zcash’s most visible assets are maintained by people who are deeply embedded in the community.
The now-deprecated z.cash site will forward to zechub.wiki – consolidating key community resources into a single well-maintained reference. Zechub is now actively folding in the most relevant z.cash content to its site. Additionally, ZecHub has moved quickly to take on the daily work of managing @Zcash, reflecting their depth of experience and capability.
Both ZF and Zechub are committed to revisiting this approach regularly and refining it over time to ensure Zcash’s engagement and representation continues to strengthen and improve over time.
This structure also reflects a broader principle: ZF holds administrative accountability, but stewardship of Zcash’s public voice belongs to the community.
Zcash belongs to its users and ZF is committed to keeping these assets open, maintained, and accessible for the long term. We value feedback from the community, and expect this input to shape how these assets are stewarded over time. Please reach out to share your ideas and feedback with us via [email protected].